The European Athletic Championships for the year 2018 is scheduled to hold on the 7th of August to 12th of August. The Olympiastadion which is the Olympic stadium in Berlin is set to host over 300,000 spectators from all over the world. All the track and field events which include sprints, long distance and middle races, jumps, throws, and relays will take place at the stadium, while the road races and race walking will take place at different locations in the city which will be stated. The European Championships is scheduled to be staged every four years, but this year 2018’s edition will be the first edition. Over 1,600 athletes from over 50 countries will be coming together to compete for the different medals available.

The women's 400 meters

The 400 meters dash is a sprinting event commonly done in track and field races. It is one lap around the track so athletes need speed endurance to complete this one lap. Athletes must have great strategy and endurance throughout the period of the race till the end. It has been described as one of the most challenging races on the track. Athletes are advised to pace themselves at the beginning of the race and then sprint the last 200m.

The women's 400 meters race was recognized in 1957 by the International Association of Athletics Federation. Marita Koch holds the world's record for the fastest runner in 1985 with a time of 47.60s. In 1982, Marita Koch set the record for the 400 meters women race for the European Athletic Championships. The recorded gold, silver and bronze medalists for the 400 meters European Athletic Championships right from 2010 are:

*2010: Gold medalist- Tatyana Firova from Russia

Silver medalist- Kseniya Ustalova from Russia.

Bronze medalist- Antonina Krivoshapka from Russia.

*2012: Gold medalist- Moa Hjelmer from Sweden

Silver medalist- Ksenia Sadorina from Russia

Bronze medalist- Ilona Usovich from Belarus

*2014: Gold medalist- Libania Grenot from Italy

Silver medalist- Olha Zemlyak from Ukraine

Bronze medalist- Indira Terrero from Spain

*2016: Gold medalist- Libania Grenot from Italy

Silver medalist- Flora Guei from France

Bronze medalist- Anyika Onuora from Great Britain

*2018 European Athletics Championships – Women’s 400 meters

The women’s 400 meters race for “ The 2018 European Championships” consists of 3 rounds, which are; The pre-qualification, semifinal, and the finals. The pre-qualification round will take place on August 8 at 11:30 AM. All the athletes qualified and eligible to enter the European Championships will participate in this round. Only 12 athletes won’t participate in the pre-qualification round because they are the 12 best ranked athletes in 2018 according to their member federation. Next is the 3 semifinals which will take place August 9 at 11:50PM. Here, the top 12 athletes from the member federation and the 12 top athletes from the pre-qualification will compete together. The first 2 athletes from each semifinal together with 2 best performed in the semifinals will now compete for the finals which will hold August 11, 20:20 PM.